Marjorie Fowler

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Marjorie Fowler (born July 16, 1920 in Los Angeles , † July 8, 2003 in Hollywood Hills ; born Marjorie Johnson ) was an American film editor .

Life

Marjorie Fowler was born in Los Angeles as the daughter of journalist and writer Nunnally Johnson . She first tried her hand at 20th Century Fox as an actress . In 1944 she finally began her career as a film editor with Fritz Lang's Dangerous Encounter ( The Woman in the Window ), a film noir that her father produced and for which he also wrote the screenplay. This was followed by other joint productions with her father, such as the film drama Eva with the Three Faces ( The Three Faces of Eve , 1957), in which Fowler was responsible for the film editing , while Nunnally Johnson was responsible for the direction, script and production.

Fowler was one of the first in her industry to use a diagonal film gluing technique. However, it was not until the late 1950s that it was regularly used in films, including the star-studded drama Separated from Table and Bed ( Separate Tables , 1958), the literary film adaptation of Elmer Gantry (1960) and the Doris Day comedy Ein Pajama für Zwei ( Lover Come Back , 1961). The three James Stewart films Mr. Hobbs is on vacation ( Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation , 1962), In Liebe eine 1 ( Take Her, She's Mine , 1963) and Beloved Brigitte ( Dear Brigitte , 1965) are also among Fowler's works .

For the comedy Doctor Dolittle ( Doctor Dolittle , 1967) she was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Editing together with Samuel E. Beetley . 1973 and 1974 she won per one Emmy and her husband Gene Fowler Jr. of the television series The Waltons ( The Waltons ) and the TV movie The Blue Knight . In the course of her career she was also nominated six times for the Eddie Award , which she won in 1982 for the television production The Marva Collins Story . In 2000 she also received the ACE Career Achievement Award for her life's work.

Marjorie Fowler was married to editor Gene Fowler Jr. , with whom she had worked, among other things, on Dangerous Encounters from 1944 until his death in 1998. Their son Michael emerged from the marriage. She died at her Hollywood Hills home in 2003 at the age of 82 .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Eddie Awards

Nominated:

  • 1965: Always with someone else
  • 1966: Beloved Brigitte
  • 1968: Doctor Dolittle (with Samuel E. Beetley )
  • 1972: The Waltons (with Gene Fowler Jr.)
  • 1974: The Blue Knight (with Samuel E. Beetley)

Won:

Further

  • 1968: An Oscar nomination for Best Editing with Samuel E. Beetley for Doctor Dolittle
  • 1973: Emmy with Gene Fowler Jr. and Anthony Wollner for The Waltons
  • 1974: Emmy with Gene Fowler Jr. and Samuel E. Beetley for The Blue Knight

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Marjorie Fowler, 82; Film Editor Won Life Achievement Award . In: Los Angeles Times , July 18, 2003.
personal data
SURNAME Fowler, Marjorie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Marjorie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film editor
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 2003
Place of death Hollywood Hills